A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 
800 Biographical Sketches, J. H. Spencer, Manuscript Revised and 
Corrected by Mrs. Burilla B. Spencer, In Two Volumes.  Printed For the 
Author.  1886.  Republished By Church History Research & Archives 1976 
Lafayette, Tennessee. Vol. 2, pp 188-189.  [Scott County]

BENJAMIN OSBORN BRANHAM* was born in Georgetown, KY., March, 1829.  
Being left an orphan almost in infancy, he was raised by his uncle Ben. 
Osborn, a wealthy farmer of Scott county.  About 1844, he went to 
Frankfort, and apprenticed himself to a house carpenter.  Here he joined 
the church, and was baptized by Abner Goodell.  In 1846, he went to 
Mexico as a volunteer, and, in the Battle of Buena Vista, lost his left 
arm.  On his return home, entered Georgetown College, where he remained 
a short time.  In the winter of 1847-8, he was Doorkeeper of the House 
of Representatives.  At the expiration of his term of office, he went to 
Port Royal, in Henry county.  Meanwhile he had become "religiously 
demoralized," and was excluded from the Frankfort church.  At Port Royal 
he was awakened to a sense of duty, was restored to Frankfort church, 
and was soon aftrwards set apart to the ministry.  He was, at different 
times, pastor of Long Rige, Lancaster, Shawnee Run, Salvisa and other 
churches, in Kentucky, and Greenfield, in Indiana.  During the last few 
years of his life, he was pastor of the churches at Taylorsville, in 
Spencer county, and Buck Creek, in Shelby.  He died of softening of the 
brain, Jan. 28, 1871.
	*From E. Burrus

Branham Goodell Burrus
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Frankfort-Franklin-KY Mexico Port_Royal-Henry-KY IN Spencer-KY Shelby-KY 

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